Outbreak Strikes Seattle Area as Testing Is Scrutinized The epidemic continues to expand rapidly worldwide, topping 90,000 cases and 3,000 deaths. U.S. officials say virus testing kits will soon become widely available.
Health officials scramble as the virus spreads across several continents.
In South Korea, Iran, Italy, France, Germany and now the United States, health officials are trying to stem the growing coronavirus epidemic, tracing those who had come into contact with infected patients, even as they struggled to get a handle on how far the virus had spread.
To date, American authorities have reported 100 cases nationwide, with six fatalities. But a genetic analysis of the virus in Washington State, where the deaths occurred, suggested that the illness could have been spreading within the community for as long as six weeks before the first case was detected.
CASES IN THE U.S.We are tracking all confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States.
The coronavirus, now present on every continent except Antarctica, has infected more than 90,000 people, killing more than 3,000.
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